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the Agency with any questions about

format.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of

Standards, Regulations and Variances,

703–235–1910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

9, 1998, MSHA published a proposed

rule in the Federal Register (63 FR

17492) establishing health standards for

underground coal mines that use

equipment powered by diesel engines.

The proposal is designed to reduce

serious health hazards that are

associated with exposure to high

concentrations of diesel particulate

matter (dpm). Dpm is a very small

particle in diesel exhaust. Underground

miners are exposed to far higher

concentrations of this fine particulate

than any other group of workers. The

best available evidence indicates that

exposure to diesel particulate matter

puts miners at excess risk of a variety of

adverse health effects, including lung

cancer.

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et.

seq.), requires each Federal agency to

consider the environmental effects of

proposed actions and to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement on

major actions significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

MSHA has reviewed the proposed

standard in accordance with the

requirements of the NEPA, the

regulation of the Council on

Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part

1500), and the Department of Labor’s

NEPA procedures (29 CFR Part 11). As

a result of this review, MSHA has

preliminarily determined that this

proposed standard will have no

significant environmental impact.

Commenters are encouraged to submit

their comments on this determination

on or before August 10, 1998.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

J. Davitt McAteer,

Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and

Health.

[FR Doc. 98–18688 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

[FRL–6121–2]

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations: Long Term 1 Enhanced

Surface Water Treatment Rule and

Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; change in

location of previous meeting

announcement.

SUMMARY: EPA announces a change in

location for the meetings on the Long

Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water

Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR) and the

Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (FBRR),

which were announced in the June 23,

1998 Federal Register (63 FR 34142).

DATES: The LT1ESWTR public meeting

will be held on July 22, 1998. The FBRR

public meeting will be held on July 23,

1998. Both public meetings will begin at

8:30 am local time and will conclude at

apprximately 4:30 pm local time.

ADDRESSES: The LT1ESWTR and FBRR

meetings will be held at the Holiday

Inn, 7390 West Hampden Avenue,

Lakewood, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on the LT1ESWTR

public meeting, please contact Steve

Potts at (202) 260–5015. For the FBRR

public meeting, please contact Bill

Hamele at (202) 260–2584.

Dated: July 8, 1998

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water, Office of Water.

[FR Doc. 98–18730 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 261

[SW–FRL–6124–3]

Hazardous Waste Management

System; Identification and Listing of

Hazardous Waste; Proposed Exclusion

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule and request for

comment.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to grant

a petition submitted by McDonnell

Douglas Corporation (McDonnell

Douglas), a wholly owned subsidiary of

The Boeing Corporation, to exclude (or

delist) certain solid wastes generated by

its U.S. Air Force Plant Number 3 (Air

Force Plant No. 3) Tulsa, Oklahoma,

facility from the lists of hazardous

wastes contained in 40 CFR 261.24 and

261.31 (hereinafter all sectional

references are to 40 CFR unless

otherwise indicated). This petition was

submitted under § 260.20(a), which

allows any person to petition the

Administrator to modify or revoke any

provision of parts 260 through 266, 268

and 273, and under § 260.22(a), which

specifically provides generators the

opportunity to petition the

Administrator to exclude a waste on a

‘‘generator specific’’ basis from the

hazardous waste lists. This proposed

decision is based on an evaluation of

waste-specific information provided by

the petitioner. If this proposed decision

is finalized, the petitioned waste will be

excluded from the requirements of

hazardous waste regulations under the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA).

DATES: The EPA is requesting public

comments on this proposed decision.

Comments will be accepted until

August 28, 1998. Comments postmarked

after the close of the comment period

will be stamped ‘‘late,’’ and will not be

considered in formulating a final

decision.

Any person may request a hearing on

this proposed decision by filing a

request with Acting Director, Robert

Hannesschlager, Multimedia Planning

and Permitting Division, whose address

appears below, by July 29, 1998. The

request must contain the information

prescribed in § 260.20(d).

ADDRESSES: Send three copies of your

comments. Two copies should be sent to

the William Gallagher, Delisting

Section, Multimedia Planning and

Permitting Division (6PD–O),

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. A

third copy should be sent to the

Oklahoma Department of Environmental

Quality, 707 North Robinson Street,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102.

Identify your comments at the top with

this regulatory docket number: ‘‘F–98–

OKDEL–AIRFORCEPLANT3.’’

Requests for a hearing should be

addressed to the Acting Director, Robert

Hannesschlager, Multimedia Planning

and Permitting Division (6PD),

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202.

The RCRA regulatory docket for this

proposed rule is located at the

Environmental Protection Agency

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202 and is available for viewing